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Mrs J
A.
act
(Mrs J)
to perform as an actor (verb)
All the actors in this play act very badly,
a section or part of a play (noun)
The last act of Romeo and Juliet is very moving.
to operate or perform a duty (verb)
Mrs Koh will act as principle in my absence.
a pretense or false show (noun/verb)
Don't try to act so innocent when you are at fault.
She seemed very concerned but it was all an act.----
angle
(Zhi Rui)
The way you see things, your perspectives
To make an informed decision, you have to look from all the angles.
Geometric angles
A square has four ninety degree angles.
B.
base (Geng Leong)
base target
Tom did not meet the base production target and was fired
a camp or area in where something expands from
The Germans expanded from their army base and killed the civilians.
(Zhi Rui)
To use something as a sample or template
She based her speech on the one she found on the Internet
The physical bottom of something
The base of the box was strong and solid.
bank (Shivanand)
the land alongside a river or a lake
I was fishing on the river bank
an organisation that makes loans and keeps customers' money for them
I put my money in that bank
bear
(Mandy)
Have in one's mind (verb)
After what happened last week, Jamie still bears a grudge towards her.
Animal (noun)
Bears have thick fur, are mammals and are large.
have/show a certain mark/characteristic (verb)
He still bears the scar of the accident two years after it happened,
endure/tolerate
Please try to bear with the pain for a little while, it will be over very soon.
bit
(shannon)
Rather, a little
These pants are a bit too tight for me to wear.
A short time or distance
Wait a bit!
To bite (past tense of bite)
That stray dog bit me on the palm!
Black
(Yes, I know, the colour of the word does not match the word.)
[Neville]
(of coffee or tea) Without milk or cream.
I would like a black coffee please.
A colour
My shirt is black in colour
Marked by disasters or misfortune
We could never forget what happened on Black Friday
An African-American
Most of the Blacks live here.
To blackout; lose conciousness
At the sight of the gruesome scene, John blacked out immediately.
In comparision with white {idiom}
I want this report in black and white.
book
to book a place, reserve a place
Sam had booked a seat for us at the cinema.
a collection of pieces of paper
Ronald tore the book apart.
boot
a kind of shoe
The farmer was wearing boots.
to kick someone out
Shawn booted (past(verb)) Ryan out of the room because he was annoying Shawn.
the trunk of a car
Mr Tan put his groceries in the boot of his car before driving off.
to start up (Sheldon)
John booted up the computer to check his mailbox.
bottle
(Alicia)
to put a liquid into a bottle
This wine was bottled (past tense, verb) in Burgundy.
to not allow your self to show strong feelings
It is no good to bottle yourself up.
a glass or plastic container with a narrow top, used for keeping liquids in
She finished a whole bottle of milk.
bottle
(shannon)
A portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic. (noun)
Please put the cap back on the bottle.
We drank a whole bottle of wine.
To put or seal in a bottle (verb)
The wines are bottled after three years.
I prefer bottled drinks to canned drinks.
To drink alcohol excessively or habitually (noun)
After his wife died, he really hit the bottle.
To repress, control or restrain (verb)
He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him.
To enclose or entrap (verb)
Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel.----
bright
(Jarret)
a lot of light
The bright light almost blinded us, but luckily we looked away.
intelligent
He is the brightest kid in my class, as a result, he always gets first in our class
buffet
(Shivanand)
a meal made up of several dishes from which you serve yourself
I enjoyed th buffet dinnr last nght
to strike repeatedly
The wind buffeted the house
C.
chair
(shannon)
a seat, esp. for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
That old man, sleeping on the chair, is my grandfather
The position of being in charge of a meeting or community
She takes the chair in all our meetings.----
cover
(Geng Leong)
The cover of a book
The cover of this book was ripped off.
A bed cover
John wrapped the bed cover over himself.
coffee
(Wayne)
a drink
the coffee is so bitter without any sugar.
a colour
this coffee coloured chair goes well with the brown table.
crack
(Wayne)
a thin line on a surface that has broken but not yet come apart
This place is dangerous and there are many cracks in the ceiling.
a narrow space
The crack that the mouse made was starting to show.
a loud sound
The fireworks cracked as it shot up the sky.
Crack a joke
(Zhia Yang)
A program or file used to changea program
He downloaded a crack online but it turned out to be a virus.
cross
(Jarret)
An 'x'
We followed the treasure map to the cross which marked the location of the treasure
A plus sign
The Red Cross has a cross as its symbol
To feel angry at someone (shannon)
can
-An expression of capability
~She thinks she can't do it, but I know she can.
-A container used to hold things.
~It's about time we threw out all the aluminium cans in the house.
D.
duck
an animal
We had roasted duck for dinner that night.
to avoid something
During the game, my teammate did not manage to duck in time, and got hit by the 'water bomb'.
date
(Jarret)
a particular day on a calendar
The date today is 1st May, which means today is labour day
where two people come together and try to understand each other
This is my first time that I have gone on a date, and this went quite successfully.
ditch
(Jarret)
a narrow channel dug in the Earth
All the trash goes to the ditch, most of the time via the rubbish trucks.
to break up with your partner
When he ditched Ariel, she cried for days, suffering from depression
draw water
When we were thirsty, we would draw water from the well outside of our house and drink it.
attract
People had been drawn to the concerts of Elvis Prestley as he had been very popular.
Create an image
Dering Art class, Jason drew a vibrant image of a windmill.
E.
execute (Zheng Xian)
To put someone to death (verb)
Tom is going to execute the serial killer tomorrow.
To put a plan to work (verb)
John's going to execute his plan later.
ease
(Mandy)
relieve (pain) (verb)
She put some ice cubes on the wound to ease the pain.
easily (noun)
He was able to complete his homework with ease as he had paid attention in class.
F.
file
A thin container for sheets of paper
She always brings her file to school as it contains all her homework.
A row
As the corridor was narrow, the teacher made us line up in a single file.
To file your nails; a nail file
She filed her nails with a nail file.
fire (Zhia Yang)
to shoot a gun
Somebody fired a gun at me.
a flame
The fire that burned down the house was caused by him.
To sack someone
my boss just fired me today
fish (Harish)
an animal
When I went scuba-diving, I saw a big, yellow fish.
to catch fish using a fishing rod
I went fishing today at the nearby pond.
(FYI, this is not counted)
flash (Zhia Yang)
a form of animation
Our teacher taught us how to use flash today.
a flash of light
There was a flash of light and everything was gone.
a silly person
Don't be a fool, use your brains.
to trick or deceive
full (Wei Yang)
Not hungry
I am full already, I cannot eat anymore
filled until the maximum
This tank is full of lemonade
G.
ground (Sheldon)
floor
John felt the ground begin to shake as an earthquake began.
mash
He ground up the ingredients separately before mixing all of them together.
gross
(Who?)
He counted two grosses of eggs.
H. horn
(Mandy)
horn of an animal (noun)
The water buffalo's horns on its head are curved.
instrument (noun)
The horn is a member of the brass family and as its name suggets, is made of brass.
the horn used in the car (noun)
The car in front did not move even though the road was clear, so he pressed the horn to alert the driver.
I.
invention
(Wayne)
a machine, tool, system etc that someone has invented
Computers were one of the most important invention in the twentith-century.
a fake story
The story was just media invention.
J.
jerk
(Jarret)
an involuntary action
He jerked when the car braked all of a sudden.
a foolish person
The guy who ditched you is a jerk, now move on with life.
(Zhi Rui)
black in colour
She had jet black hair.
A type of aircraft
He travelled often in expensive chartered jets.
K.
Kill
(Wei Yang)
kill time.
He watched television just to kill some time
to make someone die
I was the one who killed him
L.
leaves
(Shivanand)
plural form of leaf
I found many leaves in the playground
to leave (from a place)
He always leaves work early
light
a source of brightness
There is only one light in the room.
not heavy
The stack of papers was quite light.
the opposite of dark
He asked me to paint that section of paper light blue.
lie
To say something that is not true.
He has been lying ever since he was a little boy.
To position the body in a upright position/ to recline.
I think I shall have a little lie down.
To be decided by, dependent on, or up to
The choice lies with you.
lame
(Anushree)
-Limited or no use of a limb
~The old man's one leg is lame
-A joke that is not funny
~His jokes are almost always lame, though he thinks they are funny.
M.
mechanical
(Shivanand)
relating to machines or machinery
The mechanical engineer built that robot
relating to physical movements
He started to walk mechanically for no reason
monkey
animal
Look at that monkey swinging from tree to tree
fool (verb)
Stop monkeying around in the class and get down to work, Ronald!
multiple (Sheldon)
many
In class, we are learning about multiple-meaning words.
a number that can be made by multiplying another number
128 is a multiple of 32 because 32 times 4 is 128.
model
(Mandy)
replica of the actual thing (noun)
I have built a model of my house out of cardboard.
design/style (noun)
This car is our newest model, having just been released this year.
role model (noun)
Amy is the most productive and hardworking staff and is a good role model for all of us..
somebody who poses for an artist (noun)
She has been employed to be the model for his next piece of art.
fashion model modelling clothes (noun)
These models are modelling the season's newly designed clothes.
mix
(Jun Da)
to combine 2 or more substances together to form 1 substance
to mix around with other people as in to talk to others and try to socialise with them
mouse
(Jun Da)
the rodent that is very small and steals your food
the thing you use to control the arrow on the computer screen
N.
net
(Zhi Rui)
A material made up of criss-crossed stringlike material
He fished with a homemade fishing net.
A rectangular piece of material used to separate two sides of the game in sport
She hit the shuttlecock over the net.
To catch something using the material net
She netted dozens of fish that afternoon.
The Internet
She went on the Net to look something up.
To get something good or to earn a lot of money from something
She netted herself a fortune by selling the company.
If you net the ball during a ball game (eg. basketball, soccer, etc.) where the ball is shot to a net, you score a goal.
They had a dramatic victory when their star player netted the ball just before the end of the game.
O.
order
(Shivanand)
a situation in which everything is in its correct place
All the books were in order
a statement teling someone to do something
My brother ordered me to bring him his book
a reuest for somethng to be made, supplied or served
I ordered some fries and a burger
P.
picture
(Shannon)
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc
I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet
a person, thing, group, or scene regarded as resembling a work of pictorial art in beauty, fineness of appearance
She was a picture in her new blue dress.
the image or perfect likeness of someone else.
o He is the picture of his father.
To form a mental picture of, to imagine (verb)
o He could not picture himself doing such a thing
To present or create as a setting or to portray
His book pictured to world of the future
plot
a secret plan or scheme (noun)
Their plot to assinate the king was foilled.
They met to to plot a bank robbery.
a small piece oif land (noun)
That plot of farmland is very fertile.
The plan of a story (noun/verb)
That story is wonderful. It has a really interesting plot.
She does not know how to plot out her story.
To mark out a course
The ship captain will plot out the new course.
promote
(Mandy)
raise to a higher rank (verb)
The boss is very likely to promote him after the excellent job he had done on this project.
to initiate progress (noun)
The government is promoting the use of public transport.
promote a product to sell it (verb)
Every since the company started promoting its products, bussiness has improved tremendously.
a kick
Jack punted the football way into the opposing team's field, allowing his teammate to score a goal easily.
a boat
We went for a field trip on the river on a punt.
Q.
queen
(Wayne)
a female ruler of a country
Queen Elizabeth II was said to be the inventor of the gingerbread man.
a playing card with a letter Q on it.
I have got a full house of a pair of jacks and a triplet of queens
a chess piece
I checkmated you with a pawn and a queen.
R. reserve (Harish)
A place reserved for something(eg. Nature Reserve)
We visited the Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve
To book or reserve something
I reserved a table at Jack's Place Restaurant
A replacement just in case the actual person does not turn up (Sheldon)
The opposition's third speaker was sick and could not attend the debate, so the reserve had to take up the role instead.
refuse
(Wayne)
Do not accept
She had refused the offer.
Trash
Please pick up the refuse on the floor.
resume
(Jun Da)
To continue with something
Short account of something giving only the main points
S.
set
to position something
He set a vase of flowers on the dining table.
Where the action in a story, movie, etc. happens
This story is set in the 18th century.
To cause something or someone to be in the stated condition
I think she set the house on fire.
To cause someone or something to start doing something
His comments set me thinking.
To establish or cause to exist
She set eight new world records in the competition.
Ready and prepared
Ready, set, go!
To give work
The teacher set us a lot of homework.
A precious stone set into jewellery
She wore a brooch set with diamonds.
When a bone sets, it heals
Her broken arm set in te cast.
When a liquid or a soft material sets, it hardens.
The jelly set after spending a few hours in the fridge.
To give words or poems tune, so they can be sung to
The famous composer was paid to set the nursery rhymes to music.
sign (Zhia Yang)
a marking or label
The sign said that that area is out of bounds.
to write your signature
I signed the form with a blue pen.
stick
(Sheldon)
a twig or piece of wood
Those nasty boys used sticks to beat the poor little dog.
adhere to
I stuck my timetable firmly onto the wall so that it would not drop out.
pop out
Our teacher asked me to sit at the back of the class as my head stuck out at the front.
Speaker (Megan)
Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
That speaker at the front has been talking for a long time already.
An electronic device used to amplify sound.
These speakers are very good for amplifying sound.
sound
(Jun Da)
sound condition which means that something is still in good condition
sound is the thing that you can hear
to sound something as in to make it produce a sound
saw (Jun Da)
past tense of see
the razor sharp thing that you can use to cut wood
serve
(Anushree)
-To wait on someone
~His mother served him a bowlful of piping hot tomato soup for his tea.
-To say that someone deserves what he got
~It serves him right that he got caned.
-To hit a ball with a racket
~I see her practising her tennis serves every day now in hopes of getting into a team. trip (Zhia Yang)
a journey
I took a trip to Florida the previous week.
to fall over
I tripped over a rock in the ground.
time
To measure or record the speed, duration, or rate of
I will time you to see how long you take to run 100 meters.
A particular or definite point in time, as indicated by a clock
The time now is 3 p.m.
a twig or piece of wood
Those nasty boys used sticks to beat the poor little dog.
adhere to
I stuck my timetable firmly onto the wall so that it would not drop out.
pop out
Our teacher asked me to sit at the back of the class as my head stuck out at the front.
Trip (Zhia Yang)
a journey
I took a trip to Florida the previous week.
to fall over
I tripped over a rock in the ground.
U.
utter (Zhi Rui)
To speak
She uttered something under her breath.
Put before a word to emphasise it
This is utterly unacceptable!
under [Neville]
V.
volume (Zhi Rui)
A book or one of a series of books
She was picked up a dusty old volume and started reading it.
The amount of space occupied by something
The volume of the water in the container is 2 litres.
The loudness of a sound
She turned up the volume of the music.
W.
will
Something to do with the brain
He lacks the will to live.
Present tense of would
The problem is, will you?
Something one writes out to distribute his/her wealth after he/she dies.
They all awaited the reading of the will.
window
(Shannon)
an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass. (noun)
She looked out of the window contentedly
Do you mind if I open the window ?
a period of time regarded as highly favorable for initiating or completing something (noun)
Investors have a window of perhaps six months before the interest rate rises
a way of seeing and learning about something (noun)
Television is a sort of window on the world.
(informal) to stop existing, to disappear completely (noun)
As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window
wake
(Wei Yang)
boat wakes
the wakes of the boat are still visible
the time between a person's death and the funeral
wake up
wire
(Jun Da)
a wire is something you use to allow electricity to flow through a circuit to power something
to wire something together is to connect two or more wires together example in an electrical system
while (Anushree)
-To pass time, usually lazily
~ She whiled away the first week of her holidays..
-The time that; during
~The whole time when I was away, he was misbehaving.
wait
(Anushree)
To stay somewhere without doing anything for a person to arrive or something to happen
She kept us waiting all afternoon
To serve somebody
That rich boy has a nanny to wait on him hand and foot.
X.
Y.
Z.
Zest
(Who?)
Peel of fruit used to make juice
Mummy ordered me to keep the orange zest after peeling the orange as she wanted to make orange juice later on.
enthusiasm
As this was his first time going to the Night Safari, he was filled with zest.
Multiple Meaning Words
INSTRUCTIONS:
Mrs J
A.
act(Mrs J)
angle
(Zhi Rui)
B.
base(Geng Leong)
- base target
- Tom did not meet the base production target and was fired
- a camp or area in where something expands from
- The Germans expanded from their army base and killed the civilians.
(Zhi Rui)bank
(Shivanand)
- the land alongside a river or a lake
- I was fishing on the river bank
- an organisation that makes loans and keeps customers' money for them
- I put my money in that bank
bear(Mandy)
bit
(shannon)
Black
(Yes, I know, the colour of the word does not match the word.)
[Neville]
book
boot
bottle
(Alicia)
- to put a liquid into a bottle
- This wine was bottled (past tense, verb) in Burgundy.
- to not allow your self to show strong feelings
- It is no good to bottle yourself up.
- a glass or plastic container with a narrow top, used for keeping liquids in
- She finished a whole bottle of milk.
bottle(shannon)
- A portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic. (noun)
- Please put the cap back on the bottle.
- We drank a whole bottle of wine.
- To put or seal in a bottle (verb)
- The wines are bottled after three years.
- I prefer bottled drinks to canned drinks.
- To drink alcohol excessively or habitually (noun)
- After his wife died, he really hit the bottle.
- To repress, control or restrain (verb)
- He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him.
- To enclose or entrap (verb)
- Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel.----
bright(Jarret)
- a lot of light
- The bright light almost blinded us, but luckily we looked away.
- intelligent
- He is the brightest kid in my class, as a result, he always gets first in our class
buffet(Shivanand)
C.
chair(shannon)
cover
(Geng Leong)
coffee
(Wayne)
crack
(Wayne)
(Zhia Yang)
cross
(Jarret)
- An 'x'
- We followed the treasure map to the cross which marked the location of the treasure
- A plus sign
- The Red Cross has a cross as its symbol
- To feel angry at someone (shannon)
can-An expression of capability
~She thinks she can't do it, but I know she can.
-A container used to hold things.
~It's about time we threw out all the aluminium cans in the house.
D.
duck
- an animal
- We had roasted duck for dinner that night.
- to avoid something
- During the game, my teammate did not manage to duck in time, and got hit by the 'water bomb'.
date(Jarret)
ditch
(Jarret)
E.
execute(Zheng Xian)
ease
(Mandy)
F.
file- To file your nails; a nail file
- She filed her nails with a nail file.
fire(Zhia Yang)
fish
(Harish)
- an animal
- When I went scuba-diving, I saw a big, yellow fish.
- to catch fish using a fishing rod
- I went fishing today at the nearby pond.
(FYI, this is not counted)flash
(Zhia Yang)
full
(Wei Yang)
G.
ground(Sheldon)
- floor
- John felt the ground begin to shake as an earthquake began.
- mash
- He ground up the ingredients separately before mixing all of them together.
gross(Who?)
H.
horn
(Mandy)
I.
invention
(Wayne)
J.
jerk
(Jarret)
(Zhi Rui)
K.
Kill
(Wei Yang)
L.
leaves(Shivanand)
light
lie
lame
(Anushree)
-Limited or no use of a limb
~The old man's one leg is lame
-A joke that is not funny
~His jokes are almost always lame, though he thinks they are funny.
M.
mechanical
(Shivanand)
monkey
multiple
(Sheldon)
model
(Mandy)
mix
(Jun Da)
mouse
(Jun Da)
N.
net(Zhi Rui)
O.
order
(Shivanand)
P.
picture
(Shannon)
- a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc
- I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet
- a person, thing, group, or scene regarded as resembling a work of pictorial art in beauty, fineness of appearance
- She was a picture in her new blue dress.
- the image or perfect likeness of someone else.
o He is the picture of his father.- To form a mental picture of, to imagine (verb)
o He could not picture himself doing such a thing- To present or create as a setting or to portray
His book pictured to world of the futureplot
promote
(Mandy)
Q.
queen
(Wayne)
R.
reserve
(Harish)
refuse
(Wayne)
resume
(Jun Da)
S.
set
sign (Zhia Yang)
- a marking or label
- The sign said that that area is out of bounds.
- to write your signature
- I signed the form with a blue pen.
stick(Sheldon)
Speaker
(Megan)
- Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
- That speaker at the front has been talking for a long time already.
- An electronic device used to amplify sound.
- These speakers are very good for amplifying sound.
sound(Jun Da)
saw
(Jun Da)
serve
(Anushree)
-To wait on someone
~His mother served him a bowlful of piping hot tomato soup for his tea.
-To say that someone deserves what he got
~It serves him right that he got caned.
-To hit a ball with a racket
~I see her practising her tennis serves every day now in hopes of getting into a team.
trip
(Zhia Yang)
time
Trip
(Zhia Yang)
U.
utter
(Zhi Rui)
- To speak
- She uttered something under her breath.
Put before a word to emphasise itunder
[Neville]
V.
volume(Zhi Rui)
W.
will- Something one writes out to distribute his/her wealth after he/she dies.
- They all awaited the reading of the will.
window(Shannon)
- an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass. (noun)
- She looked out of the window contentedly
- Do you mind if I open the window ?
- a period of time regarded as highly favorable for initiating or completing something (noun)
- Investors have a window of perhaps six months before the interest rate rises
- a way of seeing and learning about something (noun)
- Television is a sort of window on the world.
- (informal) to stop existing, to disappear completely (noun)
- As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window
wake(Wei Yang)
wire
(Jun Da)
while
(Anushree)
-To pass time, usually lazily
~ She whiled away the first week of her holidays..
-The time that; during
~The whole time when I was away, he was misbehaving.
wait
(Anushree)
X.
Y.
Z.
Zest
(Who?)